Mickey Holly Cookie – GEEK EATS Disney Recipe

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350°

Mix Together the Cookie Dough

• Using a paddle attachment
• for your mixer (or mix with
• a spatula) cream together
• the butter, sugar, and egg
• replacer.
• Add in the dry ingredients
• and mix on a medium speed.
• Once mixed, add the vanilla
• extract to the dough.
• Prep an area with
• parchment paper and use the
• rolling pin to evenly spread out
• the dough to 1/4” thickness

Cut and Bake the Cookies

• Use the square cookie
• cutters to carefully cut out
• the cookies.
• Once cut, evenly lay out the
• cookies onto a parchment
• paper covered cookie pan.
• Bake for 8-12 minutes

Create the Icing

• While the cookies cool,
• create your royal icing.
• The icing must start off with
• a lot of air bubbles, so use
• your mixer to combine the
• water and meringue powder
• and whisk the two until light
• and frothy.
• Gently fold the powdered
• sugar into the mixture to
• stop the powder from flying
• out, then mix on a mediumhigh setting.
• The icing should stiffen and
• form peaks. If too stiff, mix
• in 1/4 tsp of water at a time
• until the consistency is the
• same as shown. Once ready,
• separate evenly into two bowls.

Add Color to the Icing

• Use a toothpick to add moss
• green gel food coloring to one
• bowl of icing. Add in small
• amounts, cleaning the toothpick
• each time, until you get your
• desired green.
• Take half of the green icing and
• place in another bowl. In this
• new bowl, add a tablespoon
• or two of water until you get a
• smoother consistency. This will
• be your green flood icing.
• Split the bowl of white icing in
• two and create white flood icing
• as well.
• Fill 4 piping bags with the icing,
• use #1 piping tips for the stiff
• icing and #2 for flood icing.

Decorate with Icing

• Begin with the stiff white
• icing and outline along the
• edge of the entire cookie.
• This will be your barrier and
• keep your other icing from
• spilling over.
• Take your white flood icing
• and starting from a corner
• of the cookie, fill the entire
• surface of the cookie within
• the edge of the stiff icing.
• Use a toothpick to move
• the icing around and fill in any
• open spaces within the icing.
• Add more icing, if needed.

Place the Chocolate Candy

• Turn the cookie and place the
• large red chocolate candy
• on the left side of the cookie.
• Gently press into the icing.
• Then take the two smaller
• candies and place them
• above the larger candy to
• form Mickey’s ears.
• Set aside to allow the top to
• dry slightly.

Add the Details

• Once the first layer has
• firmed up create the holly
• leaves using the stiff green
• icing. Start from the corner
• to the right of the Mickey
• and draw C sideways, facing
• up three times.
• Repeat by drawing C three
• times facing downwards. Be
• sure to connect to the ends
• of the upper line. Draw an
• oval in the middle of the leaf
• and fill in the edges.
• Repeat and create a second
• smaller leaf below the first.
• Use the stiff white icing
• to draw a border of evenly
• spaced dots all around the
• edge of the cookie.

Final Tips

• Set the cookies aside to
• allow the icing to dry and
• harden for a few hours. You
• may need to allow for more
• time depending on the
• temperature and humidity of
• your kitchen.